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Chetia unlikely to be deported by B’desh till land boundary pact

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New Delhi: Top ULFA leader Anup Chetia is unlikely to be deported by Bangladesh till India ratifies the land boundary agreement with the neighbouring country.
A Bangladeshi delegation which was in New Delhi last week has given this indication during their talks with Indian counterparts led by Union Home Secretary L C Goyal.
“The issue of Anup Chetia came up during the Home Secretary level talks. Hints were dropped by the Bangladesh side, which we think as linking the agreement to Chetia’s return,” an official privy to the discussion said.
At the home secretary-level talks held last week, Bangladesh senior secretary for home affairs, Mohammed Mozammel Haque Khan, conveyed to his Indian counterpart Goyal that Dhaka expected early ratification of the agreement. However, the Assam BJP unit and RSS outfits, gearing up for a fierce fight with Congress in Assam for the 2016 polls, are opposed to the agreement. There are major differences within the party in Assam on supporting the ratification to the agreement.
BJP leaders in Assam had opposed the land boundary agreement aggressively in the run-up to the General Elections last year, arguing that Assam would lose land to Bangladesh.
The amendment bill is pending in Parliament while Bangladesh has already ratified the protocol to the agreement signed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Though Narendra Modi has committed to the passage of the pact in Parliament, there is stiff opposition from within the party, sources said.
India has promised  Bangladesh that it would reciprocate to what it has done to improve relations with New Delhi including facilitating return of northeastern insurgent leaders for trial in India. (PTI)

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